Courtesy of Maurice CainDylan Briningstool poses for a picture with his boss, Maurice Cain, and Lily Karatzas at last year's Taco Bell Christmas party. Briningstool, who died in a crash Sunday night, always brought taco pie to the party, Cain said.

WATERLOO, MI — Dylan Briningstool seemed to come to work each day with a joke.

One of his managers thought he had a stash of Laffy Taffy candy somewhere and memorized the jokes printed on the wrappers.

"What time is it when you have to go to the dentist?" asked Nicole Carpenter, a manager at Taco Bell on E. Michigan Avenue. "Tooth hurty."

Carpenter said working with Briningstool was a treat. He would joke and find ways to make the rest of the employees happy and smile. Briningstool worked a lot, Carpenter said. He seemed to be there at least three or four hours everyday.

"He was just a sweetheart," she said.

Briningstool started at the Taco Bell, 2928 E. Michigan Ave., in September, 2010, said Maurice Cain, another manager at the store. Cain thought of Briningstool as his son. He said Briningstool was dependable and never missed a day of work.

Briningstool was up for a promotion.

"My son has gone to a heavenly place," Cain said Monday. "I love that guy."

Every year at the store's Christmas party, Briningstool showed up with his specialty, a taco pie. Cain said he would continue to eat taco pie around the holiday in Briningstool's memory.

Employees at Taco Bell learned of Briningstool's death late Sunday night. On Monday, the staff wrote memories of him on posters and set out a donation jar to help his family.